As the year progresses, you can pull on a stitch that unwinds, allowing the calendar’s months to diminish as time passes. This whimsical Unraveling Calendar reminds us to seize each day before it has completely unfurled. Created by designer Patrick Frey, this annual calendar is actually an oblong scarf made of ash grey cotton knit. As the days go by, pull on the loose thread at the bottom, unravel it slowly, and watch as it creates a heap of soft yarn.

The Tasting Tray is fascinated with food - from soil to kitchen, table, and palette. Inspired by the activity around tasting menus, it is designed to speak to the counter of a kitchen and the surface of a table, constantly moving between where food is prepared and where food is consumed. It's form is versatile. Use the tray on its belly with the apron angled down to hug and lock with the edge of a surface. Use it on it's back with the apron pointed up as a black splash. Or use on a tilt, giving food a gentle lift. Over time, the tasting tray carries the story of the experimentation with and enjoyment of food.

Interested in taking the Tasting Tray out of the kitchen? Try it with your laptop, sketchbook, or with breakfast in bed.

Use & Care Instructions: The Tasting Tray is not recommended for food preparation, but for presentation and transport. After use, wipe down with a damp cloth. Do not place in dishwasher. Apply food-grade wax as needed.

Dimensions: 22" length x 11" width x 3-1/2" depth

About the designers: Ali Sandifer is a design studio and workshop with a particular fondness for furniture. Their work is born from a simple belief that design, material, and craft must work together to achieve intelligence, beauty, and longevity.

Ali Sandifer was founded in the Midwest in 2004 and is based in Detroit – where we have operated since 2011.

A Helsinki loudspeaker is freedom of movement. A small, compact product including a powerful battery, a Bluetooth connection and a leather strap allowing you to bring your music along, wherever you go. And whomever you might be going with.

Hand screen printed on high quality 100% linen, the foliage design featured on table runners and napkins hopes to inspire outdoor entertaining and create a beautiful backdrop to any occasion. Shades of rich green through to burnt orange take inspiration from the seasonal color changes of the Michigan landscape. The perfect addition to an outdoor table setting or a way to bring the outdoors inside, these elegant pieces aim to set the mood for celebrations of good food and joyful conversation!

About the designers:Clover & Mars is a collaborative label from Martha Baker and Mara Kapsis producing hand printed designer home wares. After recently relocating from Melbourne, Australia, their chance meeting in Detroit has led to an exciting new partnership.The duo's work branches from unique styles developed under their independent brandsWycinanka and The Aram Theory.

Mara’s background in textile design and passion for botanical inspired prints marries perfectly with Martha's design style, which draws upon elements of Polish folk art in bold and colorful interpretation.

Themis prism is the 3rd addition in the Themis Mobile series designed by Clara von Zweigbergk who was inspired by the geometric design of polyedra. A delicate, geometric décor mobile composed of five faceted ornaments, each with its own distinct palette of color: salmon, beige, green, black and gold.

The humble tea towel is one of Third Drawer Down's signature artist products. A practical and fun way to dry the dishes, it can also be stretched onto a canvas at your local framer and double up as an affordable artwork for your home.

About the Artist:Louise Bourgeois was a French-born American artist who used her art to work through her experiences and seek calm and strength. She once said, " “To give meaning and shape to frustration and suffering. The existence of pain cannot be denied. I propose no remedies or excuses.” Her interior life was often the basis of her work. The feelings she tapped into were universal yet complex and affecting.

Third Drawer Down in collaboration with Scottish artist David Shrigley present Life is Fantastic, a Domestic Art Tea Towel. This is a digitally printed artwork on 100% linen. It can be seen as a functional domestic art tea towel or an artwork to be framed and displayed

About the Artist: David Shrigley is a Scottish artist who has come to prominence through his drawings, publications and sculptural works. His drawings have a kind of throwaway beauty peopled as they are with monster children, idiots, aliens, bad parents and full of twisted lists and exchanges. Shrigley’s artist’s books act as an index of his angst about modern living, his disappointments and his cynicism.

Drawing can be the most intimate of exchanges physically - the scratching’s of a pen on paper, the scale of the notebook, erasing and building and image. But it also acts as a cathartic action. Maybe not just for the artist but for the viewer as well. So in Shrigley’s work he’s also releasing something for everybody - tell us when we are no longer needed and we’ll go.

The humble tea towel is one of Third Drawer Down's signature artist products. A practical and fun way to dry the dishes, it can also be stretched onto a canvas at your local framer and double up as an affordable artwork for your home.

Originally, these tea towels were printed in a limited edition of 1000. Due to their popularity, they have been re-released by Third Drawer Down in a new colourway as an open edition.

100% Linen Tea Towel

Size: 50cm x 70cm

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Shrigley is a Glasgow-based artist whose drawing style evolved as a reaction to the seriousness of the art he was expected to produce at art school. He bases his work on intuition rather than long-winded theory. Shrigley is also a self-editor, ripping up whatever he thinks doesn't work into teeny-weeny pieces so that they can't be recycled. He holds onto the things that surprise him and make him laugh.

Le Feu De L'eau Chartreuse candle, with notes of frankincense and cedar. Approximate burn time is 80 hours, candle dimensions are 3.5" x 4", 16oz. Each candle is hand sculpted underwater with a high temperature wax, then filled with soy wax and single wick.

As the year progresses, you can pull on a stitch that unwinds, allowing the calendar’s months to diminish as time passes. This whimsical Unraveling Calendar reminds us to seize each day before it has completely unfurled. Created by designer Patrick Frey, this annual calendar is actually an oblong scarf made of ash grey cotton knit. As the days go by, pull on the loose thread at the bottom, unravel it slowly, and watch as it creates a heap of soft yarn.

Among the earth's oldest creatures, the dragonfly has captivated imaginations across cultures since antiquity. Dragonflies were the winged shamans of Zuni myth and legend, carrying supernatural powers and the possibility of spiritual transformation in their whirlwind of flight. Revered for centuries in Japan, the dragonfly was thought to swiftly carry the spirits of ancestors to their beloveds. These shimmering, iridescent bodies also drift into Western folkloric traditions in which dragonflies were known as the needle-shaped gatekeepers of truth, sewing with threads the voice of the deceitful.

Sculptor Agelio Batle carries the spirit of nature's timeless forms in this series of graphite objects. Batle's reverence for organic forms was inspired by countless hours spent in the grandeur and wisdom of nature, intimately observing and studying. Further nurtured into being through Batle's formal studies in biology and art, this vision thrived and grew. Each graphite objects was meticulously created through a unique process he invented. Carbonaceous graphite (mineral remains of prehistoric plant life) was combined with smudge-resistant compounds under intense pressure. The mass then fused into expression of nature's enduring simplicity you see before you. All their surfaces can draw and the graphite will resist smudging onto your hands. Batle envisions these objects as sculptures, as much as they are implements for inspiring your own vision.

design : Mikiya Kobayashi

A table/wall clock featuring numbers studded around its small face, named m clock. From the length and thickness of the clock hands to the size of the numbers and color composition, all design details were examined and fine-tuned for an easily-readable and comfortable appearance. The brazen second hand adds a sharp contrast to the clock face.

Jarry is a print magazine that explores where food and gay culture intersect. More than just a magazine, Jarry brings together a community of gay chefs, eaters, artisans, writers, photographers, artists, and industry influencers, and celebrates the art of gay domesticity. The first issue was released in September 2015.

Third Drawer Down Studio are 'puffed' with excitement in presenting their latest puffy cards collection. The collection includes nine original designs featuring signature works and words of wisdom from one of our favourite collaborators David Shrigley, with an eco friendly foam sticker to stick, cherish and collect.

Artwork: Life is Fantastic 2012

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About The ArtistDavid Shrigley is a Scottish artist who has come to prominence through his drawings, publications and sculptural works. His drawings have a kind of throwaway beauty featuring monster children, idiots, aliens and bad parents. Full of twisted lists and exchanges, Shrigley is a TDD favourite both for his angst about modern living, his disappointments and his cynicism.

Firstly, LAST KNOT means no more knot tying.Elastic nature of our laces enable you to step in&out of a shoe with a knot in place. That’s a month of your life. Imagine lacing shoes all that time instead of getting foot massage while listening to the Peruvian flute band? We do. Secondly, LAST KNOT makes any shoe a more comfortable shoe.Stretchy laces reduce pressure points and enables you to move around more freely. We bet you’ll even forget wearing a pair.

This piece uniquely captures a life cycle and demonstrates Earth's critical role. The leather that the wallet is made out of is Natural Vegetable (Veg)Tan. Veg Tan Leather uses tannins from tree bark to assist the tanning process. The leather used here is free of chemicals and artificial dyes therefore maintaining its natural skin tone and purity. Grass grows, cattle feed, meat is harvested and hides are used for products. Products that not only last a lifetime but also serve as a token of gratitude to the animal and Earth that provided its livelihood.

The thread, in its color, reinforces the importance of Earth's role, therefore, strengthening the theme of greenspace.

About the artist: Douglas and Co. began in 2014 by husband and wife team, Shane and Melissa Douglas.Inspiration comes from function and minimalism, the products are created in limited series, and small production. Based 100% in Detroit, the company strives to be present to the people and place they are located.

NOTE: As a product made of repurposed materials, small holes, inconsistencies & stains may be apparent. All PUP Products are cut and handmade by local artists, designers, and fabricators in Indianapolis, Indiana. Proceeds benefit PUP's ongoing community design initiatives.

Playsam is a Scandinavian design company known for its timeless, archetypal wooden toys. Their iconic product, the Streamliner Classic epitomizes Scandinavian Design with its use of material, simple construction, and minimalist aesthetic. This ageless toy is designed by Ulf Hanses and has been selected as a Design Classic by the Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts for its inventive style and high-gloss finish.

Streamliner Dimensions: 2.25" H x 5” W

Recommended for ages 3+

*THIS ITEM HAS A SMALL CHIP ON THE TOP OF THE CAR. REASON IT IS 50% OFF.